Move from Combative to Collaborative Communication in Four Steps

By Teresa Harlow, bestselling author, speaker and collaboration coach, and member of NAWBO Columbus Toxic work relationships can destroy a business. They can inhibit team collaboration, increase turnover, cost you customers and shatter valuable supplier partnerships....

Should Your Company Culture Match Your Brand?

By J Franco of NAWBO Houston Your company culture is the personality of your company. It’s what makes your company unique and is the sum of its values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviors and attitudes. Company culture includes everything from how you dress...

Self-Care for the Self-Employed

By Karen Malm, PhD, NAWBO Salt Lake City and NAWBO Circle member Women business owners hold space for their employees, their clients and even their vendors while at the same time attending to family members, friends and community groups. We are socialized as women to...

Who Knew? Recycled Bras and Tequila Bottles = Ways to Save the Planet and Make $$ for Women Business Owners

A recap of NAWBO’s 2022 HERstory in the Making International Summit by Anne Freedman of Speakout LLC and NAWBO National’s International Committee Elaine Birks-MitchellRecycled bras going to 130 nonprofits worldwide, tequila bottles from Mexico for “to-go” cocktails,...

What It Means to Work Together as Women

By Rachel Priest, co-founder of Raw Edge Retreats What started as a “what if” daydream on the volcanic black sand shores of Guatemala, quickly became an obsessive passion to create what didn’t exist in the world, a true expression of the talents of two women. After...

Lack of Capital for Women-Owned Businesses

By LuzElena Rivers, a Houston, Texas-based NAWBO member, as featured in Forbes magazine Starting a business was never the challenge for me. However, needing the resources to grow it was a different story. Books, trainings and professionals tell you to offer a service...

Looking to Hire More Millennial Women at Your Small Business? Here’s How to Attract and Retain Top Talent

By Callie McGill  Ambitious, tech-savvy, confident and educated—these terms are often used to describe millennial women. So it’s no surprise that they’re a highly sought-after demographic in the workforce. Large corporations may be able to beat small businesses in...

What’s Mindfulness Got to Do With It?

By Petra Beumer, founder of the Mindful Eating Institute As a counselor who specializes in mindful eating and emotional self-care, I come across the need for resting, downshifting and finding inner peace when clients first share their challenges and life stories with...

Want to Up Your Leadership?

In Addition to Good Communication, Learn to Skillfully Navigate Relationship Triangles By Thomasina Williams of Sankofa Legacy Advisors Recognize any of these scenarios? Joyce is upset with her boss. Rather than talk with her boss about it, Joyce complains to her...